Hailstones and Halibut Bones

by Mary O'Neil and John Walner

This book has twelve poems describing color-white is hailstones and halibut bones.  It lists how colors look, feel, smell, and sound.  It even gives a time of day for each one.

Audience
I used this to teach personification to third graders.  I think all children (people) will be hipnotized by the rhythm of the poems.

What I Love:
1) Each poem appeals to every sense, including a sense of emotion.
2) There are a lot of philosophical points about anger, despair, hope, joy, and the journey of life in here.

Cautions:
If you read this to children, you will have to explain some of the words to them-they aren't big, just very specific